Improvement in combined bordering and drain-tiles



vchiliennev Binet, or ALBANKNEW YORK;

Letters Patent No. 113,007, dated March 28, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED BORDERING AND DRAIN-TILES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and ngking part f thesame.

I, GHARLES BLEHL, of Albany, in the county f Albany and State of NewYork, have invented certain Improvements in Combined Bordering andDrain-Tile, or tile for formingthc borders of flower-beds, along walks,Ste., of which the following isa specification.

Nature and Objects of the Invention.

The first part of my invention relates to animprovement in the form ofthe tile, which gives great stability, and which is besidesneat and`ornamental.

The second part of my invention relates to a tubular opening in thetilewhich makes it also a draintile, and carries o' the snriace-ivaterfrom the Walks after a rain-storm, &c.

My invention, therefore, lconsists of a combination of thebordcringftile with the drain-tile, of the' peculiar shape or designshown inthe drawing.

Description. of the Accompanying Drawing.

Figure' l is a representation in perspective of a tile embodying myinvention.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section of a garden walk, a, withiiower-beds on either side, c c, which are hordercdand supportedhythe'tile hereinafter described.

General Description. The tiles are'constructed of the material and inthe inanner which isusual. They are laid along the border offlower-beds, Walks, roads, or where needed, lwith the broad flat basedownward, as represented at b and b.

When the walk is made the convexitypforming the outside of thedrain-tube of the tile is covered by the dirt or gravel, Sto., of thewalk; but the comb or ridge of the tile remains exposed and aboveground, except where, on its inner side, the flower-bed or itsequivalent c c is upheld and supported by it. A

By means of this combined bordering and drain-tile the walks are keptclear of grass, the water is rapidly drained voff theiwalks, and theroots, te., prevented from growing'out into the walks.

Claim.

I claim as my invention- The combined bordering and drain-tile hereinshown, consisting of the tube e, base-plate l), and comb d, constructedand arranged substantially as set forth;

A CHARLES -BIEHL Witnesses:

V. GoLvIN, GEO. D. HILL.

